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The Automatic upload format, like the Automatic download mode, tells Fetch to use the information available to it to make the best choice of format when uploading a Macintosh file to a server. The formats are: Text or Binary (Raw Data).

The goal of the Automatic upload format is to properly transfer the file as a text or binary file.

When the Automatic upload format is selected, Fetch will choose the best format for each file by following these rules in order:

If you want to preserve the resources of a file that Fetch would normally discard when using Automatic upload format (such as Photoshop resources), you will have to temporarily choose another format, such as MacBinary, from the Remote > Format menu, and then upload that file.

See the upload formats help topic for more information about each format.

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